Bamboo pounding tube (pinyin: zhú dǎo tǒng) belongs to the Gaoshan people’s falling body sounding instrument. In Gaoshan language, it is called pagoda, which means bamboo. Popular in Taiwan Province. Bamboo tamping tube, developed from water-filled utensils, is a folk musical instrument created by the people of the Gaoshan Shao tribe. In October 1980, in the National Ethnic Minority Arts Festival, the Fujian delegation used this set of bamboo tamping tubes to participate in the performance of the Gaoshan folk song and dance "Pestle Music" with Taiwanese local characteristics. The sky shows the night scene of Sun Moon Lake, the pestle sings euphemistically, and the girls sing and dance. The round and bright sound of bamboo pounding, the crisp and melodious sound of wood leaves, accompanied by the vigorous music of the pestle, the girls danced lightly to the brisk rhythm, taking the audience to the banks of Sun Moon Lake and the foot of Ali Mountain. The "Pestle Music" played with a music pestle and a bamboo pounding tube, which is simple, fresh and poetic, left a deep impression on people.
In the 1920s, bamboo tamping tubes were used in viewing programs in the tourism industry. In the open space beside Sun Moon Lake, when several or a dozen girls played with a musical pestle, sang and danced, there were also several women squatting together, holding a bamboo pounding tube more than a foot long and gently hitting the slate. Send out a beautiful sound to accompany the clanging music pestle for tourists to watch.
In every village near Sun Moon Lake, there are many bamboo tamping tubes of different lengths, each 130 cm to 170 cm high. Whenever there is sacrifice and entertainment, the young people use it to hit the ground and make a thumping sound. The local villagers call it "bamboo drum". When the "bamboo drum" sounded, the girls gathered around and danced happily to the rhythm of the "drum".